Ingredients
- 1¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 6 egg yolks
- ¾ cup sugar (divided into ¼ & ½)
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp water
- 6 egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tbsp butter, melted (brush cake)
- 1 tbsp sugar (sprinkle cake)
- ½ cup grated cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F. Grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and make a well in center.
- Whisk egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla, milk, oil, and water in a bowl.
- Add the egg yolk mixture to the the flour mixture and stir until batter is smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl.
- In the bowl of a standard mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat at high speed until egg whites double in volume.
- Slowly and steadily add 1/2 cup sugar. Continue beating until medium peaks form.
- Gently fold in the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. Divide the batter into two loaf pans.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Place the loaf pans on a cooling rack for ten minutes. Remove cake from the pans and allow cakes to cool. Brush cakes with butter.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Sprinkle grated cheese.